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Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation – Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space
Proceedings of the Workshop "Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times" at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, 11 -13 January 2010
Zum Begriff ’namarupa:’
Das Individuum im Pali-Kanon
Nāmarūpa (wörtlich “Name und Gestalt”) ist weithin bekannt als buddhistische Bezeichnung für ein Individuum, das aus den fünf Gruppen (P. khandhas, Sk. skandhas) besteht, und...
A Critical Edition of the Tibetan Translation of the Mahaparinirvana-mahasutra
The Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra, the great sūtra on the parinirvāna of the Buddha, narrates the legends of the last time of the Buddha’s life in a particular way, which differs from...
»Simavicarana«
A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rama IV of Siam
“Simavicarana” presents an annotated romanized edition of a letter composed in Pali by Thera Vajiranana - that is, by King Mogkut (Rama IV) of Siam when he was a monk before he...
Pitakamala. »The Garland of the Pitaka«
“Pitakamala” or “The Garland of the Pitaka” is a Northern Thai text that describes the Buddhist scriptures as they were traditionally transmitted in palm-leaf manuscripts kept in...
A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World
The Pali »Buddhapadamangala« or »Auspicius Signs on the Buddha’s Feet«. Critical Edition with English Translation
The “Buddhapadamangala” is an anonymous work in the corpus of Pali literature transmitted in Siam. Its starting point is the conventional description of the wheel mark on the...
Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees
Jambupati-sutra
A synoptic romanized edition
The present volume is a romanized collation of four Pali manuscripts of the „Jambupati-sutra“, supplemented by Pali passages extracted from two old Thai-language versions. The...
Buddhism and Buddhist Literature of South-East Asia
Selected Papers ed. by Claudio Cicuzza
The twelve essays in this volume survey aspects of Buddhism and Buddhist literature in pre-modern South-East Asia and Thailand, drawing on Pali and vernacular texts, liturgy, and...
Buddhist Iconography and Ritual in Paintings and Line Drawings from Nepal
This book is divided into three sections. The first section introduces one specific tradition of Siddhas transmitted by artists from Nepal. This artistic legacy, which is related...
Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century
The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet
Red mda’ ba gZhon nu blo gros (1348-1412) spielte eine entscheidende Rolle in der Geschichte der Beschäftigung tibetischer Buddhisten mit der indischen Madhyamaka Philosophie,...
Pali Literature Transmitted in Central Siam
A catalogue based on the Sap Songkhro
„Pali Literature Transmitted in Central Siam“ is a manual of Pali literature. It gives the titles of 529 texts, the majority inscribed on palm-leaf, dealing with Buddhism and...
Rare Texts from Tibet
Seven Sources for the Ecclesiastic History of Medieval Tibet
A preliminary perusal of a puplished set of rare and old bKa’-brgyud-pa manuscript texts that recently surfaces in Lhasa - collected and published under the cover-title „dPal ’Bri...
Pali and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam
„Pali and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam“ is a preliminary survey of the pre-modern literature of Central and Northern Siam. Based on old records,...
Buddhism and Violence
One of the aims of this volume is to provide material, based on critical, unbiased research illustrating the fact that, at particular moments in their history and in certain...





















